In this episode of the Devon Dice Podcast, Joel is joined by Nick and Claire to round up the best games they’ve played in 2025—all new-to-them discoveries that have really hit the table this year. With Lewis struck down by the lurgy, Sam lost to board gaming winter blues, and Honey enjoying a well-earned nap, the trio also dive into the latest news, including the Fox & Hounds Board Gaming Weekend, a huge Stonemaier Games announcement dump, AllPlay reveals, Dice Tower crowdfunding, and some fresh GenCon breaking news. Then it’s time to celebrate the standout games that made 2025 a great year for gaming at Devon Dice HQ.
Upcoming conventions:
- Torquay gaming weekend (Full Board Gaming) at the end of January
- AndyCon
- Fox and Hound’s 20th-22nd March Boardgaming Weekend
News
- Fox and Hound’s 20th-22nd March Boardgaming Weekend
- Stonemeier’s big news dump:
- Wingspan expansion #4 is South & Central America and Caribbean, and includes smaller Hummingbird cards and a new card action. Coming Jan 21st.
- Euphoria new “revised edition”, which will include the expansion.
- New Scythe vs Expeditions 2p battling game, which can use factions from each of the other games.
- Viticulture new expansion.
- Next Finspan expansion due Q2.
- Namiji, in the new Stonemeier edition, due Q4
- New unnamed Wingspan spinoff game which is meant to be a quick (20min) and smaller-table-hog version, more suitable for introducing to players new to boardgaming.
- AllPlay announces Mountain Goats Legacy, and Enchanted Ivy, solo only!
- Dice Tower Gamefound campaign
- Breaking news (just put on BGG), for GenCon releases:
- New sequel to The Crew: The Crew: Journey to the Ends of the Earth
- New Deluxe edition of The Gang
Best played games of 2025, new games to us.
- Harmonies
- Light Speed: Arena
- The Guild of Merchant Explorers
- Pirates of Maracaibo
- The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition
- Vantage
- Transgalactica
- Rainbow
- 1A.M. Jailbreak
- Boss Fighters QR
- Endeavor: Deep Sea
- Railway Boom
- Finspan
- Spectacular
- Rock Hard 1977
- Coming of Age
- Flash Point: Legacy of Flame
- Petiquette
- Finspan
- Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan
- River of Gold
- Let’s Go To Japan
- Wriggle Roulette
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Trick-Taking Game
- The White Castle
- Tag Team
- Fire Tower: Rising Flames
- Civolution
- Lost Ruins of Arnak: Twisted Paths
- The Game Makers
- Pirates of Maracaibo
- Star Trek: Captain’s Chair
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Joel’s list of all new to him, played games:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Trick-Taking Game
The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship
| 6 | Kingdom Legacy: Feudal Kingdom |
| 7 | Above and Below: Haunted |
| 8 | Railway Boom |
| 9 | Tag Team |
| 10 | Deep Regrets |
| 11 | Fishing |
| 12 | Fearless |
| 13 | Galactic Cruise |
| 14 | Black Forest |
| 15 | Flash Point: Legacy of Flame |
| 16 | Hamburg |
| 17 | Lords of Vegas |
| 18 | Fire Tower |
| 19 | Flip 7 |
| 20 | Comic Hunters |
| 21 | Oranges & Lemons |
| 22 | Millennia: Tracks of Time |
| 23 | Tenby |
| 24 | Caracas |
| 25 | Steam Power |
| 26 | Dead Reckoning |
| 27 | Fall |
| 28 | Nucleum |
| 29 | Emberheart |
| 30 | Finspan |
| 31 | TRICKTAKERs |
| 32 | Sanctuary |
| 33 | Wroth |
| 34 | 3 Chapters |
| 35 | Shovel Knight: Dungeon Duels |
| 36 | Compile: Main 1 |
| 37 | Slambo! |
| 38 | DroPolter |